Belkin Thunderbolt 4 Dock Pro, Single 8K @ 60hz, Dual 4K
Belkin Thunderbolt 4 Dock Pro, Single 8K @ 60hz, Dual 4K Display Compatible, 2 x Thunderbolt 4 Port, 2 x HDMI Port, 90W Power Delivery PD, Audio In/Out, Compatible with MacBook Pro, XPS, and More
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| Dimensions: | 20 x 13 x 5 cm; 1.73 Kilograms |
| Model: | 93989 |
| Manufacture: | Belkin |
| Dimensions: | 20 x 13 x 5 cm; 1.73 Kilograms |
| Origin: | China |
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Der Preis ist hoch. Da ich aber privat einen MAC habe und beruflich einen Windows PC war ich auf der Suche nach einer Docking Station die beides beherrscht. Nun da gibt eigentlich doch auch andere. Aber die Verbindung ber USB C (thundebolt kompatibel) an den den Monitor (HDMI) ist nicht so oft gesehen. Und jetzt das entscheidende, Ich kann 2 externe Monitore und den das MACH Display gleichzeitig ansteuern.
Das war eigentlich mit einem anderen Produkt auch angepriesen. Aber es blieb bei dem Versprechen und stundenlangem googlen ob es nicht doch funktioniert.
Hier funktioniert es Problemlos.
Kaliteli bir dock. Ancak HDMI portlarinin sadece birini kullansaniz bile DDC komutlarini gonderemiyorsunuz. Thunderbolt downstream portuna ekstra bir hub/dock uzerindeki portla (eger taktiginiz hub destekliyorsa) kullanabilirsiniz ancak. MacBook Pro 13″ M2 cihazimda deneyimim bu sekildeydi, benim acimdan kritik bir eksiklik oldugu icin iade ettim.
Stabil, sorunsuz, kaliteli
TB4 bir dock iin tm beklentilerinizi karlyor. Tm portlar hem Windows hem de Mac’te sorunsuz bir ekilde alyor. Srekli olarak 4K+1080P ekran bal, PC’mi de 65W ile arj ediyorum. Belkin rnleri zaten gzeldir ancak genelde pahal olurlar. Bu tam F/P rn. Tavsiye ederim.
Se avete un Macbook e volete collegare 2 monitor esterni attenzione, leggete fino alla fine!
La Dock in se ottima e funziona bene, ci sono dei “per” da elencare:
– Contrariamente ad altre Dock, il cavo di collegamento al PC si trova sulla parte frontale, mentre tutti gli altri connettori (alimentazione/schermi ecc) stanno sul retro, quindi ci sar sempre questo cavo un po “ingombrante” attaccato davanti.
– Se acquistate questa dock per collegare 2 monitor esterni a Macbook/Macbook Pro con processore M1 o M2 (varianti NON pro), evitate. I processori M1 ed M2 base non supportano pi di 1 monitor esterno (vedi specifiche sul sito apple), anche se la dock ha 2 prese HDMI e 2 prese Thunderbolt sul retro.
– Se acquistate questa dock per collegare 2 monitor esterni a Macbook Pro con processori M1 Pro o M2 Pro (comprese varianti MAX), potete collegare 2 schermi, ma non entrambi alle 2 HDMI posteriori. Le 2 HDMI sul retro con i Macbook non funzionano in contemporanea. Se volete collegare 2 monitor dovete collegarne uno su un’HDMI e uno su una Thunderbolt sfruttando per esempio un adattatore Thunderbolt -> HDMI anche da 20 euro (io ne ho preso uno della “Uni” per esempio e funziona benissimo). In questo caso se il monitor ha un refresh rate elevato (es 144Hz da gaming o simili) collegatelo preferibilmente alla Thunderbolt e non all’HDMI, perch spegnendo e riaccendendo spesso la dock con 2 monitor collegati potrebbe “perdere” la risoluzione e scalare ad una inferiore per qualche strano motivo (collegato alla thunderbolt non succede).
Ricapitolando, buona dock una volta che capite i suoi limiti e come “trattarla” per farla funzionare come dovrebbe.
It is pretty good quality, but I think that it is funny that I have only two USB-C ports, on at the front and one at the back. If I want to use my display using USB-C and connect my MacBook using another USB-C it looks messy. But otherwise, if you plan to use just the UBC-C to connect the Macbook and then use the HDMI to connect the Display, it would be probably fine.
An expensive cable tidy solution*
I love this product. I’ve only had it since yesterday but it’s been a pretty flawless setup for me. One 4k 60hz monitor, audio interface, midi keyboard, webcam, and laptop cooling pad all go into this and are all fed by a single USB C cable into my MacBook Air m2 for faster charging than the default brick gives me. I have had no issues getting the monitor to work properly as other reviewers have noted, but that could be the newer chip?
The downside is that my work laptop needs 120w power and so I didn’t quite eliminate cable clutter, as I still have to use the existing power supply, but it’s freed up every other port.
Doesn’t make any noise, doesn’t seem to get too hot, it just sits there being unobtrusive.
J’utilise actuellement une station d’accueil Belkin pour mon ordinateur portable et je dois dire que je suis trs satisfait de mon achat. La station d’accueil est trs pratique et me permet de connecter facilement plusieurs priphriques mon ordinateur portable.
La qualit de fabrication de la station d’accueil est exceptionnelle, elle est solide et bien conue. Elle dispose de plusieurs ports USB et d’un port Ethernet, ce qui me permet de connecter facilement mon ordinateur portable internet et d’autres priphriques tels qu’une souris, un clavier et un disque dur externe.
J’apprcie galement la facilit d’utilisation de la station d’accueil. Il suffit de la brancher et de tout connecter, et tout est prt l’emploi. Elle est galement compacte et facile transporter, ce qui est pratique pour les dplacements.
En bref, si vous cherchez une station d’accueil pratique et bien conue pour votre ordinateur portable, je recommande vivement la station d’accueil Belkin. Elle est solide, facile utiliser et offre une multitude de ports pour connecter tous vos priphriques.
Un produit haut de gamme et de qualité
J’ai command cette station d’accueil pour alimenter mon MacBook Pro 16 Apple Silicon M1 Pro. Celui-ci tant dot de ports Thunderbolt 4, je ne voulais surtout pas perdre en vitesse de transfert vu que je l’utilise pour de la production musicale et du montage vido. Et bien mme si le tarif peu paraitre quelque peu lev, je ne suis pas du. Au dballage, vous vous rendez tout de suite compte que vous avez faire un produit de qualit : chssis en mtal, connecteur solidement fix et une alimentation externe de haute qualit. Le cble Thunderbolt 4 livr avec (valant au dtail 86 lui seul) est galement de qualit et assure une vitesse de transfert optimale ainsi qu’une alimentation suffisante pour recharger le MacBook par le port USB si celui-ci n’est pas connect son alimentation : trs pratique, car du coup, vous ne prendrez qu’une prise secteur pour alimenter le Hub et la plupart des priphriques connects dessus tout en alimentant l’ordinateur. Cot transfert : j’ai connect dessus jusqu’ 4 disques durs simultanment, tout en utilisant qu’un port Thunderbolt 4 du MacBook Pro : la vitesse de transfert est phnomnale. Ce boitier est non ventil et ne fait donc aucun bruit, et seul une petite LED discrte indique qu’il est allum ou en veille.
Conclusion : si comme moi vous ne voulez surtout pas perdre en vitesse de transfert et dsirez un dock de qualit : il n’y a pas hsiter, Belkin a fait le dock qui vous satisfera.
Great! Only one Thunderbolt port at once though
In terms of build quality and so on, the dock itself is aluminium and gloss plastic. It looks great, though it has no vertical mounting options, so it’s going to take up some desk real estate. That said, it has a reasonable heft that looks and feels nice.
It is powered by a proprietary power adaptor with one of the biggest power bricks I’ve ever seen – 155x62x32mm – this thing as an absolute unit. The dock plug is a hefty thing too – it sticks out the back of the dock such that you’re not going to be able to put the dock within about 60mm of a vertical surface.
Unfortunately, I’ve not managed to bottleneck the Thunderbolt 4 port transferring files, instead being limited by the speed of my SD card (180MB/s write, 235MB/s read), (which is nowhere near the 5000MB/s theoretically possible).
Note that there is 1 Thunderbolt 4 port, a USB-C 3.1 port, 3-.5mm jack and SD card slot on the front and another Thunderbolt 4 port on the back, in addition to the two HDMI 2.0 ports, 2 USB-A 3.1, 2 USB-A 2.0 ports and gigabit ethernet port.
It comes with a Thunderbolt 4 cable. If, like me, you thought that all USB-C cables are born alike, it turns out that this is very much not the case; the thunderbolt 4 cable was two orders of magnitude faster than the generic USB-C cable I started using.
Slightly surprisingly, the Thunderbolt 4 ports charge at up to 90W, rather than 100W the standard is capable of.
I don’t have two 8K displays to connect to it. I did, however, have problems with an old 1080P HDMI 1 monitor; it simply wasn’t picked up by my laptop though the dock. I’m not sure why, but I see no reason that it shouldn’t have worked, and so worth mentioning.
A couple of other points worthy of note:
1) The dock needs to be on for it to work; sounds obvious I know, but if you don’t press the on button, nothing will happen.
2) Secondly, and less prosaically, with a laptop powered by the front Thunderbolt port, and my phone plugged into the rear one, the phone is not detected nor charged. If the phone is plugged into the front USB-C 3.1 port, it charges and is detected. I’m not sure why the device exhibits this behaviour, but it only seems capable of connecting via one of the thunderbolt ports at once.
Price high, but fast Thunderbolt 4 ports and you only need one Thunderbolt 4 cable to do everything
This is a great docking station.
It is pretty heavy and sturdy build with a really nice design.
The docking station is made in matt aluminum and the front and back sides are finished in high gloss black.
The docking station is really fast and has so many ports.
On the front there are 2x USB Type-C ports , SD card reader and 3.5mm audio in/out and a Power ON/OFF button.
The USB Type-C are 1xThunderbolt 4 port and 1x USB Type-C 3.1 Gen 2 port with 90W PD fast charging.
On the back there are 2x HDMI ports,1x Gigabit Lan port, Thunderbolt 4 port and 4x USB Type-A ports.
The USB Type-A ports are 2x USB Type-A 3.1 ports and 2x USB Type-A 2.0 ports.
There is also a 22V/5.45A power in port and there is a 120W power supply that you connect to the port.
The power supply comes with 3 different power cables for connecting to mains sockets.
There are cables with 3-PIN UK plug, EU plug and Swiss 3 PIN plug.
This is really good as you don’t need travel adapters to use the docking station when you travel.
Both the front and the back Thunderbolt 4 ports are 40Gbps ,which is great for data transfer,like connecting external SSD or to connect monitor that has USB Type-C port.
I really like that I can connect my MacBook only with one Thunderbolt 4 cable and use the same cable for everything.
The cable gets my MacBook charged and also transfers the data from and to all my devices.
I use the 0.8M Thunderbolt 4 cable that comes with the docking station connected to my MacBook and I have an external hard drive with another 40Gbps/100W rated USB Type-C cable.
I also have my phone connected to the USB Type-C 3.1 Gen 2 to transfer pictures and videos to my MacBook and also a monitor connected via 8K/60Hz HDMI cable.
The reason to use such an HDMI cable is to be able get the full 5K/60Hz resolution supported by the MacBook.
The docking station supports dual 4K displays via the HDMI ports and you can also connect a third display via the second Thunderbolt 4 port ,but both of these can be used only if you laptop supports them.
Some M1 MacBooks like mine support only one external screen so keep that in mind.
The price of this Thunderbolt 4 Dock Pro docking station is 399.99 at the moment ,which is a pretty high price.
The main reasons for the price are the Thunderbolt 4 ports and 40Gbps high speed data transfer that comes with them.
When you have big data files to transfer on a daily basis you need something really fast.
When you are multitasking or using external monitor as well, then you need something exactly like this.
Recommend it.
Hopefully my review was Helpful for you.
Little beas
I’m not going to regurgitate the features of this dock as you can easily read the product description yourself. In terms of usage, it seems to be a lot more compatible with Windows than MacOS. Depending on which model and year of Mac you have, you’ll potentially have different usable features. This means that you need to carefully read through the product specs to see what you can do with your particular Mac.
For Windows, however, it’s a breeze! Your laptop does require a USB-C port to work with this, so make sure it has this before purchasing. If the port also supports thunderbolt, then you’ll get better performance!
I think this is actually a really good dock to be honest, as you have everything you could need! You can have this dock setup on your table with all your peripherals and monitors, and then take your laptop around with you when not plugged into the dock. There’s only one wire you need to connect and disconnect from your laptop to use the dock, so it’s super simple to use!
Be careful with how you use the USB ports, as the USB2.0 ports are designed to be used for keyboard and mouse only. Anything that involves data transfer should be done via the USB3.0 ports for maximum speeds!
Overall, I think this is a great dock for Windows users, especially if your laptop supports Thunderbolt. It is expensive, but Belkin is a trusted brand and I don’t doubt the build quality of this so it should last for years to come! Would recommend!
bit overpriced.
This is a next level docking station. It has in total, 12 ports including the host connection, with up to 90W of charging power.
The dock is made primarily of a metal shell with plastic faceplates on the front and back. It’s fairly unobtrusive and should fit in well on most desks, and the design does look pretty slick. The dock is made for horizontal use, with rubber feet on the bottom to prevent slippage. The host port is on the front of the dock, making it easy to use.
The 2 no. USB-A 2.0 ports are a bit slow by modern standards and seem to me to be a little bit of a waste. I do however really like the Dual HDMI for older monitors, which means i can finally connect two monitors to my laptop.
Functionally it works really well. i have tested all of the USB ports, the SD card reader and the 3.5mm audio connector and they all do exactly as you would expect.
For me the only real issue with this dock station, is the price, it really does seem a little on the high side to me. That said, if you are looking for a dock with these features, it certainly performs and does the job well.
Premium quality at a premium price… Better for PC users, not so great for Mac users
300 at time of review
This is a real mixed bag of a dock and its usefulness will greatly depend on what computer you have and your peripherals off the bat I will say if you’re a Mac user (like myself) then this probably isn’t the best dock for you, PC users will get more out of this dock (especially when it comes to driving external displays).
If you’re laying out this amount of money on a dock, then you’ll undoubtedly be trawling the web for detailed specifications on your set up, and obviously amazon reviews will not be the place to get those! So I won’t go into those details, I’ll base my review on design, build, practicalities and price.
As I mentioned I’m a Mac user, I currently use an OWC thunderbolt 3 dock (my MacBook Pro is T3), so it’s ideal for my current set up, but I am looking to upgrade to a MacBook Pro M1 with T4 ports so I thought this may be a worthy upgrade so was keen to test it out, but upon going through the specs and trying it out, I know for me this would not be the dock I would go for, as it doesn’t offer the connections I need, plus I prefer the OWC form factor.
Let’s look at price first, I rarely give ratings based on price (as they can fluctuate), I generally limit my reviews to the quality of the product and leave you to make a value judgement, but there’s no getting away from the price this time as 400 is certainly at the top end, even for the latest tech T4 dock.
Build quality is excellent, this is built like a tank, and it’s as heavy as one too, altogether it weighs 1.7kg. The power brick is huge, brick is the appropriate word, it’s heavy too. The dock has a great looking aluminium finish will black plastic facia, so no faults on looks.
The ports are a mix bag, as I said I won’t go into specs, but 2x USB 2 ports? Strikes me as a step backwards, especially at the price point, plus only 1 USB-C. My biggest gripe is the T4 port connecting to your computer being on the front (the one on the back is peripherals only), which means no matter what you do there will always be a cable sticking out the front of this thing, looks messy to me, plus USB-C ports have a habit of getting lose over time, so the slightest movement and you lose all connections. This was an issue that plagued me using my MacBook Pro whilst typing I’d lose connection (the MacBook ports getting lose not the dock), so I’ve now resigned my MacBook to sitting in a vertical position untouched with all my peripherals connected to the dock. Works perfectly and looks very neat it wouldn’t work so well with this dock.
So if you read the specs and this is the dock for you then great, it’s certainly well built, does exactly everything it says it will, and it’s from a great brand name.
hope my review was useful
Get a dock and make your desk life so much simple
The Belkin Thunderbolt 4 dock is a lovely Space grey finished dock for building out connections over the latest thunderbolt 4 standard. My MacBook Pro supports TB4; but i don’t have any other devices TB4 devices – the dock works fine driving my monitors over USB-C though from a dell windows laptop. Having a dock with a modern laptop makes life so much simpler; one cable from the dock to the thunderbolt port on my laptop connects everything on my desk; monitors, keyboard, mouse, wired network, and when i need it thumb drives – it even charges my phone.
This is great as my personal MacBook Pro only has two TB4 slots; and when connected the dock powers my laptop . The dock doesn’t give you any more Thunderbolt ports but it doesn’t cost you one either – there are two thunderbolt 4 sockets on the dock; so you get another input after connecting it.
You also get a front facing SD card reader (sadly not UHS-Ii speed), a headphone socket, two usb-a 3 and two usb-a 2 sockets. A gigabit ethernet socket and dual HDMI ports. On my M1 MacBook Pro 13″ i can drive one of those HDMI sockets and connect my laptop to my ultra wide Dell monitor with HDMI. Interestingly it also works with my iPad over USB-C; converting it into a desktop computer.
All these sockets come in a large unit; but even after a full days use it didn’t get especially warm; that is partly helped by the 120W external power supply – which is truly massive. For the price Belkin really should have used a GaN charger to reduce its size and gain some small energy efficiency. I put some side by sides of the Belkin power brick alongside a 100w GaN charger – the GaN charger is about 1/2 the volume which is a huge benefit. The brick does come with about 2.5m of cable between the power cord end and the DC after the brick side. The large power brick is required as the Belkin Thunderbolt 4 dock can provide 90 watts of power to connected laptops; allowing you to charge the monitor and connect it to monitors and other devices with a single thunderbolt 4 cable (which is included.)
The dock itself is also quite large; I pictured the Belkin dock alongside the Pluggable Thunderbolt 3 dock i have been using for a year or two now. Its small but it does get warm on my desk – especially if im editing video on USB drives. It is about half the size of the Belkin dock so if you want the desk space it may be a better choice. I prefer the rounded look of the Belkin Dock the feet that lift it off my wooden desk increasing the airflow around it. Those feet are also nice and grippy and keep it in place when you are plugging or unplugging it. I love that it has a power switch on the front; one press lets me power it off; and put my monitor to sleep and stop using as much energy.
The headphone socket is on the front if you use wired headphones or microphones on a 3.5mm cable that can be very useful. As is the SD card slot – its not a high speed UHS-II socket but if its just photos its probably good enough. After that on the front you get a usb-c and a thunderbolt 4 socket on the front. For permanent connections I have used the TB4 socket on the back. That leaves you with the USB-C socket as a PD charger for your phone; or connecting a high speed card reader (Say) when you need to. Its a shame there isnt a USB-A 3 socket on the front for those devices that resist the rounded usb-c connectors. I do like having the connections on the front though; they are great for temporary use.
Performance wise I havent noticed any real world performance drop offs from the dock. I used the blackmagic speed test app to see if it was a delusion. It wasn’t. Testing with my USB-3 M2 SSD flash drive the performance of just under 1600MB/s when running through the dock which is more than close enough to the 1733 the drive achieved plugged directly into my laptop.
Side by side the Pluggable and the Belkin dock; its the Pluggable dock that i put in a drawer. The SD card socket on the Belkin saves me getting a reader out; and HDMI or Display port doesn’t make a huge difference to me (Belkin has 2 HDMI and Pluggable 1 hdmi and 1 displays port). The cooler temperature; and the ability to power it off with one click as an energy saving measure is great. IT also gives better performance with my external drives when transferring work than the thunderbolt 3 pluggable dock. Though i do wish it has a square front facing USB-A -3 port. Despite almost everything i use being USB-C at this point there are still times i need to plug in a rectangular port. Neither my windows work PC nor my personal macs needed drivers to get unit to work. It is plug and play.
If you have an ultra slim PC or a Macbook from the you don’t nt need sockets era this is a useful adjunct to get more done.
A very good professional multidock
I have used other docks before are lot cheaper which work fine as a multi dock but this is a next step up.
It comes with power leads for several countries including the UK which attach to a power pack so this will be able to help connect to serious hardware.
I have tested it via my Macbook Pro 2021.
The main areas I have tested so far are the USB ports which run very well. I have run a mouse and keyboard through it as well as a external hard drive. And these have connected up and work very smoothly through this.
I did look to connecting it up to a monitor but had the wrong kind of connection for this, But I hope to buy a Mac Studio soon and two new monitors so plan on using it for these and may come back to this review to ass how well that works then.
In itself it looks sleek and professional and made of high grade materials. and looks like it will last a very long time and it pretty well future proofed. So I look forward to using this for a very long time.
Good - but at a price
There is, in theory, a lot to like, a couple of bits to love and a few things to dislike (the price of course being the main one!) with the new pro 4 dock from Belkin.
Design wise, it’s incredibly sleek and professional looking with a mix of aluminium and plastic. It’s AC adapter is a bit of a brick but can thankfully be masked away pretty easily due to the cord length.
The front has some pretty standard io at first glance with a few surprises at closer inspection — a multi functional SD card reader, 3.5MM audio jack in and out, USB-c 3.1 gen 2 port which supports fast charging and upstream (for connecting to your laptop) thunderbolt 4 port, next to a power button that allows you to stop the dock from delivering any power to devices when not in use (which I personally find pretty useful!).
At the back, we’ve got power in, 2 HDMI ports (both supporting HDMI 2.0) , a downstream (for connecting to an external accessory or monitor) thunderbolt 4.0 port, a gigabit ethernet port and 4 USB-A ports (only two of these are 3.1 ports, with the other two being 2.0 ports).
It can supply up to 90W pass through charging of a device, which is actually on the lower end when comparing against other similar priced docks. If you’re the type of power user that this level of dock is aimed at, this could well be a limiting factor depending on what beast of a machine is supposed to be connected to the dock!
The dock can be fiddly when being used by Mac users. You won’t be able to make the most of both HDMI ports simultaneously for Mac Users, you’ll need to user a thunderbolt port for one display and a HDMI port for the other. This massively sways use of the dock towards favouring PC users, or a setup where Mac use is the very occasional use. This with the price bracket in mind is disappointing and very much worth bearing in mind.
With the right laptop mind, you could in theory get a total of three displays connected at once — which is an impressive feat for a dock this size. The dock can support a single display at 8k (upto 30 hz), or dual 4k at 60hz, so it’s display options and flexibility is likely where this dock stands out to other competitors currently.
For the right setup, this is a lovely professional dock. It seems to be tailored more towards adaptable office setups rather than homes with little additions like the power button and chosen ports but assuming you’ve got the right setup to make the most out of it (I personally wouldn’t consider this dock if my main driver was a Mac), it could well be a contender !